†Iqualadelphis Fox 1987 (metatherian)
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Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Pediomyidae
Full reference: R. C. Fox. 1987. An ancestral marsupial and its implications for early marsupial evolution. Occasional Paper of the Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology 3:236-240
Parent taxon: Pediomyidae according to T. E. Williamson et al. 2012
See also Cifelli 1993, Davis 2007, Fox 1987, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Leptalestes, Pediomys, Petaurinae, Protolambda, Unnuakomys
Subtaxa: Iqualadelphis lactea
Type: Iqualadelphis lactea
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (4: Montana, Utah)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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